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At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2015, Singapore

Red Group
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (4) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 64 75

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs (3) Hao-ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-jan Chan (TPE)

Sana-Martina complete round robin with unbeaten run with consecutive third win ... They beat Babos and Mladenovic in straight sets for winning the Red group and will face Chan sisters in the semi-final.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt (4) James Ward (GBR,143) 76(6) 63

Doubles Final
(3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 61 36 6-10

Yuki in the final with straight sets win over James Ward ... Yuki was playing excellent tennis but Ward was saving break points with his big serving ... In first 5 games he showered 11 aces and saved 6 break points ... Yuki was leading 5-1 before Ward catching him at 6-all in tie-break, Yuki kept his cool for winning first set after winning next 2 points ... Yuki broke Ward in 2nd game to lead 3-0 in second set ... Yuki failed to keep that advantage as Ward broke back him in 7th game, 4-3 ... Yuki immediately broke Ward in 8th game to lead 5-3 and then comfortably hold for completing win in 85 minutes.

After winning first set easily Divij-Maximillan lose the plot and match ... In first set they were dominating but afterwards lost their rhythm.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, El Kantaoui, Tunisia

[QF] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) bt Kassandra DAVESNE (FRA,1034) 64 63

[SF] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) vs (3) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,544)

Kyra scores straight sets win over talented 16 yrs old French girl Kassandra Davesne ... In the semis she is facing top-600 Russian girl Yana Sizikova.

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At € 537K Valencia Open 2015, Spain

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) l Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 67(6) 46

Lee-Kubot lose their quarter final match in straight sets against Guccione and Sa.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt Ti Chen (TPE,199) 64 76(4)
[QF] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,376) l Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,100) 67(8) 67(5)

[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) vs (4) James Ward (GBR,143)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 63 46 10-12
[SF] (3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 46 75 12-10

[F] (3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)

After exchanging early breaks both players hold their respective service games till 8th game ... Yuki took crucial break in 9th game and then hold his serve for winning first set ... In second set Yuki broke Ti Chen in 7th game to lead 5-3 but while serving ffor the match at 5-4 he failed to hold, 5-all ... In 11th game Yuki missed 3 break points from 0-40 ... Yuki hold his serve for taking this set in tie-break ... In tie-break after 4-3 Yuki took minni-break and kept that advantage for winning the match ... Yuki was looking sluggish as he struggled with overall game ... In the semis he is facing last week's winner James Ward.

Heartening performance by Vijay Sundar in his loss against top-100 Russian player Donskoy ... Vijay Sundar got broken in 1st game to down 0-2 but he broke back Donskoy in 4th game for bringing this set back on serve ... After taking set in tie-break VSP saved 3 set points before losing long tie-break ... In the second set both players had break points which they failed to convert ... In tie-break again Donskoy proved better of Vijay Sundar.

In the doubles semis Divij-Maximillan score hard fought win over in-form pair Saki-Sanam ... After losing first they made huge comeback for winning tight second set ... In match tie-break they completed win in extra points after saving match point.

Other hand top-seed Purav-Alexander lose their match in extra points of match tie-break after winning first set ... In the final Divij-Maximillan r facing to Spanish pair.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, El Kantaoui, Tunisia

[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) bt (7) Chiraz BECHRI (TUN,675) 61 64
[R2] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) bt Fiona CODINO (FRA,919) 62 63

[QF] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) vs Kassandra DAVESNE (FRA,1034)

Kyra Shroff started with upset win over top-700 local girl in straight sets ... In second round she beats similar ranked French girl in straight sets ... In the quarters she is facing 16 yrs old French girl Kassandra Davesne, who scored upset win over top-seed in first round ... So this can be tricky match for Kyra.

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At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2015, Singapore

Red Group
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (7) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradeckova (CZE) 63 64
(4) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt (6) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 76(5) 62

Sana-Martina continue with their winning run with another straight sets win over Czech pair ... Next they r facing 4th seed Babos-Mladenovic.

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At € 537K Valencia Open 2015, Spain

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt (WC) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Federico Delbons (ARG) 63 75

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA)

After long time seeing Lee is winning his match with his partner ... They scored straight sets win and next meeting Aussie-Brazilian pair Guccione and Sa.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB,319) 46 62 64
[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,743) l Ti Chen (TPE,199) 76(4) 16 16
[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,516) l (4) James Ward (GBR,143) 63 36 46
[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,486) l Illy Ivashka (BLR,389) 57 36
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,271) l (8) Alexander Kydryavtsev (RUS,198) 46 26
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,251) l (3) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,140) 67(6) 67(5)
[R2] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,376) bt (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) 75 62

[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) vs Ti Chen (TPE,199)
[QF] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,376) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,100)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 64 75
[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) w/o
[QF] (3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 63 62
[QF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Germain Gigounon (BEL)/ Yannick Mertens (BEL) 62 63

[SF] (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)
[SF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND)

Disappointing second round results for Indians after memorable first round ... Only Yuki and Vijay Sundar remain in the draw ... After losing first set Yuki made good comeback for winning next two sets ... Vijay Sundar scores expected win against Buji considering Buji's recent form ... In the first set Vijay Sundar took a break in 11th game for winning it ... In second set Vijay Sundar broke Buji in 3rd game and then again in 7th game for winning it comfortably.

Other hand Vishnu and RamK give fighting performance against top-150 players in their loss ... Prajnesh wins first set but after that Ti Chen prove too strong him .. Sumit got injured in his match and then reflected in his result ... Bit disappointed by Sanam's straight sets loss.

In the doubles our all three seeded pairs in the semis but Sumit-Vishnu give walkover to their opponents due to Sumit's back injury.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toronto, Canada

[R2] (LL) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) l (1) Tatjana Malek (GER,74) 46 36

Expected loss of Karman but she give decent performance against top-75 German opponent ... Another good week for Karman.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,589) l (4) James Ward (GBR,159) 26 64 06
[R1] (5) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) l Ilya Ivashka (BLR,388) 75 46 26
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,271) bt Alessandro Bega (ITA,331) 64 61
[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) bt Maxime Janvier (FRA,351) 64 75
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,376) bt Arthur De Greef (BEL,266) 64 64
[R1] (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND,1885) l Germain Gigounon (BEL,220) 76(1) 26 36

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB,319)
[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,743) vs. Ti Chen (TPE,199)
[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,516) vs. (4) James Ward (GBR,143)
[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,486) vs. Illy Ivashka (BLR,389)
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,271) vs. (8) Alexander Kydryavtsev (RUS,198)
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,251) vs. (3) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,140)
[R2] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) vs. Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,376)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 63 64
[R1] Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 64 76(4)
[R1] (3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Christopher Marquis (IND) 76(3) 64
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (ALT) Arpit Sharma (IND)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB) 61 61

At last fatigue catches with Saki ... In last two weeks he played 17 matches so I was hoping he must be planning of skipping Pune challenger ... But he plays and lose his match in three sets ... In first set Saki was 3-5 down and from here he made excellent comeback for winning this set ... After that Saki struggled with his game and Ilya Ivashka took full advantage for winning next two sets comfortably ... Hopefully Saki will be fresh and make big noise in big Thailand challenger.

Vijay Sundar gives himself terrific birthday gift with scoring straight sets win over top-275 Belgian player in straight sets.

Buji scores straight sets win over Frenchman but he labored in both sets ... Other hand Sanam continues with his terrific form and score dominating win over his Italian opponent Bega after early break down in first set.

Heartening performance by Aryan and Ranjeet in their losses ... 17 yrs old Aryan was double break up 4-1 in first set but he lost break advantage to 4-all ... Aryan take set in tie-break and won it with losing a single point ... After that Germain raised his game and despite Aryan's effort Germain won next two sets ... Ranjeet was outperformed by Ward in first set ... In second Ranjeet was down 0-3 but he fought back to win this set but after that Ward dominated next set for winning without losing a game.

Expected winning start for our all doubles pairs.

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At $50K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,411) l (WC) Blake Mott (AUS,791) 06 retd.

After losing one-sided first set Jeevan retired from the match due to flu ... Hopefully he will recover for second week.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toronto, Canada

[R1] (LL) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt Caitlin WHORISKEY (USA,392) 61 63

This week also Karman gets chance as lucky loser and this time she deliver ... She beats top-400 American opponent losing only four games.

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At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2015, Singapore

Red Group
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (6) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA)
(7) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradeckova (CZE) bt (4) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 62 61

Sania-Martina start with straight sets win over American pair ... In their group 7th seed Czech pair score upset win over 4th seed Babos-Mladenovic.

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At €2.0M Swiss Indoors 2015, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 64 16 8-10

Another first round loss for Rohan-Florin but these two weeks matches give chance for Florin for improving his match fitness ... Reason is Rohan-Florin require good performance in oncoming Paris Masters for ATP World Tour Finals qualification.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt (WC) Anvit Bendre (IND,1247) 63 63
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,743) bt (Q) Temur Ismailov (UZB,448) 64 26 76(6)
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,516) bt Egor Gerasimov (BLR,309) 64 75
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,486) bt (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1759) 64 64
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,251) bt Gerad Granollers (ESP,274) 76(6) 64

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB,319)
[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,743) vs Ti Chen (TPE,199)

Doubles
[R1] Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 63 67(5) 5-10
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Anvit Bendre (IND)/ Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) 76(1) 64

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)

Really good start for Indian players as all five matches in which Indian players play they all win by our players ... Yuki starts with expected comfortable win over Anvit ... I was thinking Sumit's match will be tough but he played solid tennis to beat Purav despite struggling with his first serve.

Also good win for RamK against similar ranked opponent Spanish Granollers ... In first set RamK was double break down at 1-5 ... RamK saved a set point on his serve in 7th game before making remarkable comeback ... RamK won next five games for 6-5 and in tie-break saved another set point before converting his first set point ... In second set RamK won with single break.

Another first round win by Prajnesh against fellow but higher ranked Uzbek qualifier ... After winning first set Prajnesh lost second set cheaply ... In decider both players were holding their respective service games ... Prajnesh took crucial break in 11th game but while serving for the match Prajnesh failed to hold his serve ... Prajnesh kept fighting for winning tight tie-break.

For me best win of the day from Vishnu ... After longtime I m seeing Vishnu is winning against top-300 type player ... Vishnu scored straight sets win over Gerasimov with single break in both sets.

In the doubles Sood twins lose their match after winning first set ... Sumit-Vishnu start with straight sets win.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toronto, Canada

[Q3] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) l Isabelle BOULAIS (CAN,UNR) 75 26 36

Karman lose her match against 15 yrs old Isabelle after winning first set ... In first set Karman was 2-5 down but she saved multiple set points before making comeback to win this set ... Isabelle dominated second set and kept that momentum for winning third.

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At Archery World Cup Final 2015, Mexico City, Mexico

Recurve Women's Individual
[QF] (6) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (3) Kawanaka Kaori (JPN) 6-4 (26-26, 28-27, 28-25, 26-27, 29-29)

[SF] (6) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Chien-Ying Le (TPE) 6-4 (30-28, 24-27, 28-26, 23-27, 27-24)

For Gold Medal
(6) Deepika Kumari (IND) l (1) Misun Choi (KOR) 2-6 (29-29, 27-29, 26-29, 28-28)

Deepika Kumari must be disappointed after winning Silver at World Cup Final ... This is her fourth silver medal at World Cup Final in last five years ... Previously she won silver medal in 2011, 2012, 2013 and now in 2015.

Other hand this is incredible first year on international season for 19 yrs old Korean Misun Choi, who achieved almost everything includes a gold and silver medal at World Cup stages, silver at the Universiade, World Archery Championships bronze and gold at Olympic test event.

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At €2.0M Swiss Indoors 2015, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Rohan and Florin r playing in Swiss Indoors and having tough first round against experienced doubles players.

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At € 537K Valencia Open 2015, Spain

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs (WC) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Federico Delbons (ARG)

This week Lee is playing in Valencia with Lukasz Kubot and they r 2nd seeds.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[Q3] (8) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1027) l (1) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB,457) 36 46
[Q3] Purav RAJA (IND,1203) bt (2) Petros CHRYSOCHOS (CYP,494) 61 63
[Q3] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,592) bt (5) Sidharth RAWAT (IND,672) 67(5) 64 62
[Q3] (6) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,850) bt (4) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,609) 75 64

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,850) vs (Q) Temur Ismailov (UZB,457)
[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,592) vs (4) James Ward (GBR,159)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,510) vs (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1203)

In the final qualifying Purav scores very convincing win over top-500 Cyprus player ... In main-draw he is facing Sumit and Purav can prove tough cookie to crack for Sumit ... Interesting match up ... Prajnesh beats Mohit Mayur in straight sets, this was expected result considering Prajnesh's form ... In first round he is facing fellow qualifier Uzbek Temur Ismailov ... Hoping for a win ... Ranjeet score comeback win over Sidharth but facing top-150 player Britisher James Ward.

Doubles draw is out ... This time Purav is playing with Russian partner , and they r top-seed ... They r having tricky match against Banaglore challenger runner-up and wild-card pair of Vijay Sundar and Fruttero.

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At $50K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,409) vs (WC) Blake Mott (AUS,791)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Matt Seeberger (USA) vs (WC) Thomas Fancutt (AUS)/ Darren K. Polkinghorne (AUS)

Jeevan is in Australia and playing Traralgon challenger ... In the singles first round he is facing Aussie teenager Blake Mott ... In the doubles Jeevan is top-seed with his American partner.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toronto, Canada

[Q2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt (7) Piia SUOMALAINEN (FIN,630) 63 61

[Q3] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) vs Isabelle BOULAIS (CAN,UNR)

Another convincing win by Karman against Piia ... In the final qualifying round she is facing very talented 15 yrs old Canadian girl Isabelle Boulais.

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At Archery World Cup Final 2015, Mexico City, Mexico

Compound Men Individual
[QF] (5) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt (4) Martin Damsbo (DEN) 148-146

[SF] (5) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt (8) Mario Cardoso (MEX) 150-142

Gold Medal match
(5) Abhishek Verma (IND) l (6) Demir Elmaagacli (TUR) 143-145

Abhishek Verma becomes first Indian medalist in Compound event at World Cup Final ... He lost close final against his Turkish opponent Demir to win Silver medal.

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At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2015, Singapore

Red Group
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)
(4) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
(6) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA)
(7) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradeckova (CZE)

Draw is out for WTA Finals ... Sania and Martina r in Red group and they r having 4th, 6th and 7th seed pairs in their group.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) l (1) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,137) 46 46

Doubles Final
(2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 57 46 10-2

Saki lose his match against Adrian, tiredness of three weeks of hard work catching up ... In first set Adrian broke Saki in 3rd game to lead 3-1 and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set also same story repeated ... In this match Saki struggled with his first serve percentage, 54%.

Saki-Sanam lift their fourth title together when they score comeback win over Vijay Sundar and Fruttero in Bangalore challenger ... After losing first set Saki-Sanam made strong omeback to win second set ... They dominated match tie-break winning it losing only 2 points.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[Q1] (WC) Arpit SHARMA (IND) bt (WC) Neishit VAKIL (IND) 60 64
[Q1] Sagar AHUJA (IND) bye
[Q1] (8) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) bye
[Q1] Suraj R PRABODH (IND) bt Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 61 63
[Q1] Purav RAJA (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND) 76(7) 63
[Q1] (7) Chandril SOOD (IND) bye
[Q1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bye
[Q1] (WC) Medhir GOYAL (IND) bye
[Q1] (WC) Banthia SIDDHANT (IND) bye
[Q1] (5) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bye
[Q1] (4) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) bye
[Q1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) bt (WC) Rahul SADHWANI (IND) 63 36 64
[Q1] Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt (WC) Nitten KIRRTANE (IND) 67(5) 62 64
[Q1] (6) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bye

[Q2] (1) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB) bt (WC) Arpit SHARMA (IND) 64 63
[Q2] (8) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) bt Sagar AHUJA (IND) 61 60
[Q2] (2) Petros CHRYSOCHOS (CYP) bt Suraj R PRABODH (IND) 46 64 75
[Q2] Purav RAJA (IND) bt (7) Chandril SOOD (IND) 63 63
[Q2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Medhir GOYAL (IND) 62 62
[Q2] (5) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt (WC) Banthia SIDDHANT (IND) 62 62
[Q2] (4) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) bt Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 63 61
[Q2] (6) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 61 62

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,99) vs (WC) Anvit Bendre (IND,1250)
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,482) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR,323)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,510) vs Qualifier
[R1] (5) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs Ilya Ivashka (BLR,388)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,279) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA,331)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,248) vs Gerad Granollers (ESP,272)
[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) vs Maxime Janvier (FRA,351)
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,352) vs Arthur De Greef (BEL,266)
[R1] (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND,1883) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,220)

Pune challenger singles main-draw is out ... Tough matches for Vishnu, RamK and Vijay Sundar.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toronto, Canada

[Q1] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt Maureen DRAKE (CAN,999) 61 61

This week also Karman is playing in qualifying of $50K tournament ... She start with comfortable win over higher ranked very experienced Canadian player ... Maureen Drake is 44 yrs old but 16 yrs back she was former top-50 player ... Good to see easy victory for Karman against this veteran player.

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At $10K Egypt F36 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[SF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) l (2) Richard GABB (GBR,550) 67(1) 16

Sasi loses his match is straight sets against Gabb ... Gabb broke Sasi in 3rd game but immediately in next game Sasi broke back for 2-all ... After that Sasi had many break points which eh failed to convert ... In 12th game on Gabb's serve Sasi missed couple of set points and after that from tie-break there was all Gabb's show ... Learning experience for Sasi for not missing such opportunities.

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At $275K Yonex French Open 2015, Paris (Superseries)

[QF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) l (8) Ratchanok INTANON (THA,7) 9-21 15-21

These days every week Saina is choosing different player to lose ... Again very disappointing one-sided loss against Intanon.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,183) 63 76(6)
[QF] Sanam Singh (IND,279) l (2) James Ward (GBR,157) 36 26

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs (1) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,137)

Doubles
[SF] (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (3) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS) 63 36 10-8
[SF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 64 76(3)

Saki scores straight sets win over Mertens but in this match it was visible that tiredness is catching up ... Saki was up with early break in first set, 4-2 ... That break was enough for winning this set ... In second set both players hold their respective service games till 10th game ... Saki took first break in 11th game but served poorly while serving for the match for losing his serve ... In tie-break Saki saved a set point before winning the set and match in extra points ... In the semis he is facing top-seed Spanish Adrian Menendez-Maceiras.

Sanam fails to raise his game against Ward ... Ward dominated second set after winning first set with a single break.

In the doubles Saki-Sanam r in another final with straight sets win over Spanish pair ... In the final they r facing Vijay Sundar with his American partner Fruttero, who score upset win over 3rd seed pair in match tie-break.

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At $10K Egypt F36 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) bt (5) Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR,630) 61 26 62

[SF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) vs (2) Richard GABB (GBR,550)

Sasi scores three sets win over his Portuguese opponent ... In the semis he is facing 2nd seed Britisher Richard Gabb.

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At $275K Yonex French Open 2015, Paris (Superseries)

[R2] (8) Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,8) l Rajiv OUSEPH (ENG,22) 11-21 21-13 2-4 retd.
[R2] H. S. Prannoy (IND,16) l Ka Long Angus NG (HKG,29) 15-21 10-21
[R2] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,26) l Houwei TIAN (CHN,10) 18-21 8-21

[R2] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) bt Minatsu MITANI (JPN,18) 21-19 21-16

[R2] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l (8) Eefje MUSKENS (NED)/ Selena PIEK (NED) 15-21 18-21

[QF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) vs (8) Ratchanok INTANON (THA,7)

In their last two matches Saina lost in straight games against Mitani but this time Saina manages to turn table on Mitani ... Saina scores straight games victory over Mitani ... fter winning first game tightly Saina won second game comfortably ... In the quarters she is facing Thai girl Ratchanok Intannon.

Kashyap retires from his match in final game against Rajiv ... Hoping not a serious injury scare ... After losing first game Kashyap made strong comeback for winning second game ... But he retired in third, may be twisted ankle or some nasty fall.

Ajay lose one-sided match against Chinese Houwei Tian but surprised to see one-sided loss of Prannoy ... I was expecting good tournament for him after beating Lin Dan ... Jwala-Ashwini also lose in straight games against Dutch pair.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) l Alessandro Bega (ITA,331) 67(7) 57
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,279) bt Egor Gerasimov (BLR,337) 62 26 76(6)

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND,279) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,157)

Doubles
[QF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) 62 64

Sanam score fighting win against tough player Egor Gerasimov in three sets, last set went to extra points in tie-break ... Sanam comfortably won first set but Gerasimov fought back to win second set comfortably ... In decider Sanam broke Gerasimov in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Gerasimov broke him in 6th game for 3-all ... In 8th game Sanam needed to save 6 break points before holding his serve ... Sanam broke Gerasimov in 9th game but failed to hold his serve while serving for the match in 10th game ... In tie-break after exchanging early mini-break Sanam was 2 match points down at 4-6 ... He won a point on his serve 5-6 and then took mini-break back on Gerasimov's serve 6-all ... He took lead taking mini-break on Gerasimov's next serve for his 1st match point, 7-6 ... And then win a point on his serve for completing exciting win after winning 4 points in a row ... Next he is facing 2nd seed James Ward.

Other hand it is really sad to see Buji's struggle on the court ... Today he shockingly lose his match against futures level Italian player Bega in straight sets ... In first set Buji broke Bega in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Bega broke back in 8th game for 4-all ... Buji again broke Bega in 11th game but once again he failed to hold his serve while serving for the set ... In tie-break Buji was 2-5 down but he fought back and caught Bega at 6-all ... But Bega took crucial mini-break for winning this 16 points long tie-break ... In the second set also Buji struggled with his game and Bega took crucial break in 11th game and then hold for completing victory.

Expected straight sets win for Saki-Sanam against Sood twins.

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At $10K Egypt F36 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) bt (LL) Manuel BARROS (ARG,1369) 75 63

[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) vs (5) Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR,630)

Sasi in the quarters with straight sets win over his Argentine opponent ... Now real test start as he is facing top-630 Portuguese player.

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At $10K Turkey F42 futures, Antalya

[R2] (Q) Haadin BAVA (IND,2213) l (5) Mate DELIC (CRO,498) 46 06

Expected loss of Haadin but still good performance from him as consecutive two weeks as qualifier he won first round match.

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At $275K Yonex French Open 2015, Paris (Superseries)

[R1] (8) Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,8) bt Thomas ROUXEL (FRA,55) 21-11 22-20
[R1] (5) K. Srikanth (IND,5) l Houwei TIAN (CHN,10) 15-21 21-13 11-21
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,16) bt (3) Lin Dan (CHN,3) 14-21 21-11 21-17
[R1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,26) bt Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (DEN,18) 21-18 18-21 21-18

[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) bt Michelle LI (CAN,15) 21-18 21-13
[R1] P.V. Sindhu (IND,13) l (4) Shixian WANG (CHN,5) 10-21 11-21

[R1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND)bt Jongkolphan KITITHARAKUL (THA)/ Rawinda PRAJONGJAI (THA) 21-15 21-12

[R2] (8) Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,8) vs Rajiv OUSEPH (ENG,22)
[R2] H. S. Prannoy (IND,16) vs Ka Long Angus NG (HKG,29)
[R2] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,26) vs Houwei TIAN (CHN,10)

[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) vs Minatsu MITANI (JPN,18)

[R2] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs (8) Eefje MUSKENS (NED)/ Selena PIEK (NED)

Prannoy scored huge comeback upset win over multiple Olympics and World champion Super Dan in three games ... After losing first game Prannoy made strong comeback in the match ... In second game Prannoy took early lead of 5-2, which he increased to 14-9 and won this game winning last five points in a row ... In the decider Prannoy started with 7-0 lead ... Lin Dan tried fightback winning five points in a row from 14-10 to lead 14-15 ... But Prannoy recovered and won next four point to lead 18-15 ... And from 18-17 Prannoy won last three points for completing biggest win of his career in 71 minutes.

Other hand expected straight games win for Saina, Kashyap and Jwala-Ashwini ... Srikanth had a tough match against top-10 Chinese opponent but disappointed with his loss ... Next Saina is facing her nemesis Japanese girl Minatsi Mitani, Saina lose last two matches against her and last loss was at Denmark in last week.

Ajay scores tight three games victory over top-20 Danish player Hans-Kristian Vittinnghus.

Sindhu fail to repeat her last week's Danish open performance and lose her match cheaply against Shixian Wang.

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At €2.3M Erste Bank Open 2015, Vienna, Austria

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l(WC) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 67(5) 75 4-10

Rohan-Florin fail to overcome challnege of experienced pairing of Nestor and Knowle ... After losing first set Rohan-Florin fought back to win second but failed to keep same momentum in match tie-break.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,850) l (1) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,137) 26 63 36
[R2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt Dane Propoggia (AUS,473) 64 76(9)
[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,510) l (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,183) 26 67(4)

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,183)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 76(3) 61

[QF] (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Petros Chrysochos (CYP)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB) 62 62
[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (3) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS) 67(5) 46

[QF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND)

[SF] (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (3) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS)

Saki moves into quarters with straight sets win over his Aussie opponent Dane Propoggia ... After losing first set Dane matched with Saki in second ... Both players exchanged breaks before taking the set in tie-break ... Saki missed couple of match points in tie-break but Dane had big opportunity when he was mini-break up at 8-9 ... Saki won next 2 points on Dane's serve before serving ace on the match point ... Next he is facing Belgian Yannick Mertens.

After losing first set cheaply Sumit gave fighting performance in the second ... He was 1-5 and double break down in the second ... He won next five games in a row breaking Mertens twice ... Sumit had a set point on Mertens's serve in 12th game but he failed to convert ... In tie-break Mertens kept control for winning it in straight sets.

Prajnesh gives encouraging performance against top-150 Spanish opponent ... After losing first set cheaply he made strong comeback for winning second set .... He failed to keep same momentum in third but impressed by his overall performance ... This performance gives him 10 ranking points and push ranking inside top-750.

In the doubles Vijay Sundar and his partner Fruttero r in the semis with very convincing win over Chrysochos and Ismailov ... Sumit-Vishnu fail to overcome challenge of 3rd seed Ti Chen and Propoggia.

Saki-Sanam start with straight sets win against Belarus pair ... Next they r facing Sood twins.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

[R1] (LL) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,1029) l (Q) Fanni Stoller (HUN,600) 46 64 16

Karman got a chance as luckyloser but she lose to another qualifier in three sets ... After losing first set Karman fought back to win second but Stoller proved too strong in the final set ... Hungarian Fanni Stoller is current top-10 junior player and recently she reached semis of US open juniors.

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At $10K Egypt F36 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) bt (Q) Marc DIJKHUIZEN (NED,1883) 61 63

[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) vs (LL) Manuel BARROS (ARG,1369)

Sasi is skipping Indian challenger series and playing in Egypt futures for gaining his confidence back ... He starts with comfortable win against Dutch qualifier ... Next he is facing Argentine lucky loser.

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At $10K Turkey F42 futures, Antalya

[Q1] (7) Haadin BAVA (IND) bye
[Q2] (7) Haadin BAVA (IND) bt Velislav CHOLAKOV (BUL) 62 60
[Q3] (7) Haadin BAVA (IND,2213) bt Arif GULIYEV (AZE,UNR) 62 64

[R1] (Q) Haadin BAVA (IND,2213) bt Andrei Stefan APOSTOL (ROM,959) 63 63

[R2] (Q) Haadin BAVA (IND,2213) vs. (5) Mate DELIC (CRO,498)

Haadin Bava again qualified for main-draw and in main-draw score convincing upset win over top-1000 Romanian opponent ... In the second round he is having tough match against top-500 Croatian.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB,311) 63 76(4)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,510) bt (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,672) 64 63
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) bt Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT,401) 64 63
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,279) bt (8) Germain Gigounon (BEL,220) 64 60
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) l Egor Gerasimov (BLR,337) 63 67(3) 46
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,476) l Ilya Ivashka (BLR,399) 67(5) 16
[R1] (LL) Lakshit Sood (IND,1103) l (2) James Ward (GBR,157) 16 16

[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,850) vs (1) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,137)
[R2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs Dane Propoggia (AUS,473)
[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,510) vs (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,183)
[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,181) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA,331)
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,279) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR,337)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Petros Chrysochos (CYP)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB) 76(3) 67(3) 7-10
[R1] (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 63 62
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ James Ward (GBR) l Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 46 36

[QF] (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Petros Chrysochos (CYP)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB)
[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (3) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS)

Sumit scores his first win at challenger level .. Sanam scores dominating upset win over top-220 Belgian Gigounon ... Good to see Saki and Buji start with win ... In the second round Saki and Buji having winnable matches and Sanam is facing tricky opponent who beats RamK in the first round.

Disappointing results for Divij and Purav with their respective partners ... Vijay Sundar scores upset win over RamK-Milojevic with his American partner Fruttero.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,849) bt (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,600) 64 63
[R1] (WC) Suraj Prabodh (IND,1101) l Arthur De Greef (BEL,308) 36 46
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,342) l (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,180) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Michal Konecny (CZE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) 46 76(5) 10-6
[R1] (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) bt (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Christopher Marquis (IND) 76(3) 76(5)

Expected results in the singles on first day, still good solid win by Prajnesh.

In the doubles Sood twins score good win in two tie-breaks against Buji and Marquis ... Sumit with Vishnu score comeback win over higher ranked European pair.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

[Q3] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) l Nadja GILCHRIST (USA,500) 67(6) 36

Karman again gives fighting performance in her loss against top-500 American player Nadja ... After losing first set in tight tie-break Karman was up with break 3-2 in second ... But Nadja raised her game to win next four games.

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At $650K Yonex Denmark Open 2015, Odense (Superseries Premier)

Women's Singles Final
PV Sindhu (IND,13) vs (4) Xuerui Li (CHN,6) 19-21 12-21

In the first game both players were fighting till end ... Sindhu took early couple of points lead but Li fought back to catch Sindhu ... Li opened 10-16 lead and was cruising but this time Sindhu fought back to catch her at 17-all ... But Li kept his cool and won important points for winning this game ... In second game Sindhu started to make too many unforced errors and Li took full advantage of it ... Sindhu lost the match but still creditable performance from her to reach her first Superseries final and earning more than $24K prize money.

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At €2.3M Erste Bank Open 2015, Vienna, Austria

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs (WC) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)

This week Florin Meargea is back on the court with Rohan but they r having tricky match against very experienced players.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

Singles Final
(4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt (8) Jordan Thompson (AUS,189) 75 63

Doubles Final
(3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Nils Langer (GER) 61 36 8-10

Saki wins his second challenger title at Ho Chi Minh City beating young Aussie Jordan Thompson in straight sets.

In first set Saki saved a break point in 9th game before holding his serve ... With deep ground strokes and net approaches Saki broke Thompson in 12th game for winning this set ... In second set Thompson broke Saki in 5th game to lead 2-3 but from here Saki changed the gears ... He won next four games breaking Thompson in 6th and 8th games ... In 9th game while serving for the match Saki saved couple of break points but he kept his cool for winning his first title.

In the doubles final Sanam-Saki lose against unseeded German-French pair after winning first set ... So with this loss Saki misses opportunity of double crown but winning his first challenger singles title of 2015 is very important.

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At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[Q2] (1) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB) l (8) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 36 67(6)
[Q2] (2) Petros CHRYSOCHOS (CYP) l (5) Chandril SOOD (IND) 67(5) 36
[Q2] (3) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 64 60
[Q2] (4) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt (7) Lakshit SOOD (IND) 64 60

[R1] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,600) vs (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,849)
[R1] (WC) Suraj Prabodh (IND,1101) vs Arthur De Greef (BEL,308)
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB,311)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,507) vs (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,671)
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,342) vs (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,180)
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,175) vs Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT,405)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,268) vs (8) Germain Gigounon (BEL,217)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR,337)
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,476) vs Ilya Ivashka (BLR,399)
[R1] (LL) Lakshit Sood (IND,1103) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,157)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Petros Chrysochos (CYP)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB)
[R1] Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Michal Konecny (CZE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ James Ward (GBR)/ Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)
[R1] (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) vs (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Christopher Marquis (IND)
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Ilya Ivashka (BLR)

Matches goes as per rankings, so Sidharth and Prajnesh qualify for main-draw.

Good to see so many our players r playing in main-draw ... Hoping for some upset wins from our players.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

[Q2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt Petra JANUSKOVA (CAN,810) 67(2) 63 64

Superb comeback win by Karman in this long match ... Like the way she keeps fighting in her matches ... Now she is facing top-500 player for main-draw qualification.

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At $650K Yonex Denmark Open 2015, Odense (Superseries Premier)

[R1] (5) K Srikanth (IND,5) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,26) 21-10 21-14
[R1] (8) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,8) l Lee Chong Wei (MAS,25) 14-21 15-21
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,16) l HSU Jen Hao (TPE,25) 21-23 21-19 15-21

[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,1) bt Busanan Ongbumrungphan(THA,17) 23-21 14-21 21-18
[R1] PV Sindhu (IND,13) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti(INA,30) 21-13 21-11

[R1] Manu ATTRI (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Marcus ELLIS (ENG)/ Chris LANGRIDGE (ENG) 24-22 21-13
[R1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l (7) Reika KAKIIWA (JPN)/ Miyuki MAEDA (JPN) 19-21 18-21

[R2] (5) K Srikanth (IND,5) l Tommy Sugiarto (INA,12) 15-21 17-21

[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,1) l Minatsu Mitani (JPN,18) 18-21 13-21
[R1] PV Sindhu (IND,13) bt (3) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,4) 21-12 21-15

[R2] Manu ATTRI (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND,20) l (8) Lee Sheng Mu (TPE)/ Tsai Chia Hsin (TPE) 19-21 22-20 19-21

[QF] PV Sindhu (IND,13) bt Yihan Wang (CHN,7) 21-18 21-19

[SF] PV Sindhu (IND,13) bt Carolina Marin (ESP,2) 21-15 18-21 21-17

[F] PV Sindhu (IND,13) vs (4) Xuerui Li (CHN,6)

Only PV Sindhu is a shining line for India in this Denmark Superseries Premier ... Saina lost against her Japanese opponent in the second round blaming her longish injury ... Shrikanth struggles continues and again he lost early so chances are he will be out of top-100 very soon ... Other hand PV Sindhu score big wins against former WR #1 Carolina Marin and Yihan Wang and WR #4 Tsai Chia Hsin in last three matches.

In the semis Sindhu took 8-3 early lead and kept that lead throughout the game for winning it ... In second game Marin took 6-11 lead and she managed to keep that lead for winning this game .. In the final game both players were neck to neck till 9-all, here Marin opened 3 points lead 9-12 then 11-15 ... Sindhu crawled back to 14-15 and then from 14-16 she won 6 points in a row for giving herself four match points, 20-16 ... Sindhu converted second match point with excellent cross-court smash and completed victory in 75 minutes ... In the final she is facing another former WR #1 Chinese Xuerui Li.

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At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[SF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 76(1) 7-10

Rohan-Lukasz lose in the semis against 6th seed Klaasen-Melo in match tie-break ... After losing first set Rohan and Lukasz fought back to win second ... But they failed to keep momentum in match tie-break to lose.

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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) l (1) Denis ISstomin (UZB,67) 64 36 36

For Yuki yesterday's rain break cost the match ... Today due to rain match moved to indoor court and Istomin broke Yuki in 1st game and then hold for winning second set ... In final set Istomin broke Yuki in 1st game and then again broke Yuki in 9th game when he was serving for staying in the match ... In last set Yuki was looking injured and he struggled ... Yuki withdrawn from Bangalore challenger which is starting in next week.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt (5) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,170) 57 64 62

[F] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs (8) Jordan Thompson (AUS,189)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(5) 64 10-6

[F] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Nils Langer (GER)

Saki scores excellent comeback win over his Italian opponent Fabbiano ... In first set both players hold their respective service games till 10th game ... Saki made couple of errors which cost him 11th game then Fabbiano hold his serve for winning this set ... In second set also both players hold their respective service games till 9th game ... Then Saki broke Fabbiano in 10th game for winning this set ... Saki made adjustment in his game and was approaching more to the net and that benefited ... In last set Saki broke Fabbiano in 4th game to lead 3-1 and then again broke Fabbiano when he was serving for staying in the match in 8th game ... In the final Saki is facing young Aussie Jordan Thompson.

Saki-Sanam score comeback win over top-seed Ratiwatana twins after losing first set in tie-break ... Saki-Sanam won second set with a break and then winning match tie-break comfortably ... In the final they r facing unseeded French-German pairing.

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At $50K Banglore Challenger, India

[Q1] (8) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 75 26 64
[Q1] (5) Chandril SOOD (IND) bt (WC) Rashein SAMUEL (IND) 64 16 64
[Q1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) bt (6) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) 36 63 63
[Q1] (4) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt (WC) Ribhav RAVIKIRAN (IND) 60 62
[Q1] (7) Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND) 63 75

[Q2] (1) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB) vs (8) Christopher MARQUIS (IND)
[Q2] (2) Petros CHRYSOCHOS (CYP) vs (5) Chandril SOOD (IND)
[Q2] (3) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) vs Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND)
[Q2] (4) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) vs (7) Lakshit SOOD (IND)

Our other third and fourth string players fail to participate and misses big opportunity of playing in challnger qualifying.

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At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

[Q1] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt Sabastiani LEON (MEX,1024) 63 62

Good comfortable winning start for Karman.

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Tennis News

At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[QF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 64 75

Rohan-Likasz r in the semis with straight sets win over Lopez and MadMax in the quarters.

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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) vs (1) Denis Istomin (UZB,67) 64 3-4 stopped due to rain

Yuki broke Istomin in 3rd game to lead 3-1 and then again broke Istomin in 5th game to lead 4-1 but Istomin broke back in 6th game for 4-2 ... After that Yuki kept break advantage for winning first set ... In second set Yuki broke Istomin in 1st game to lead 2-0 but Istomin broke Yuki in 4th game for 2-all ... At 4-3 match is stopped due to rain and will resume tomorrow.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt Tristan Lamasine (FRA,206) 61 26 63

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs (5) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,170)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (Q) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 57 64 10-5

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Saki scores another good win over Frenchman Tristan Lamasine in three sets for entering into the semis ... Saki was early break up 4-1 and then he again broke Tristan in 6th game and then hold for winning first set ... In second set Saki failed to raise his game against Tristan and lost his serve twice for losing this set ... In the final set both players hold respective service games till 3-all ... Saki broke Tristan in 7th game to lead 4-3 and again broke Tristan in 9th game for completing excellent win ... Next he is facing similar ranked Thomas Fabbiano.

Saki-Sanam score comeback win over Italian qualifiers ... This match turned into surprisingly tougher one for our pair but in end they dominated match tie-break ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Ratiwatana twins.

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At $10K Turkey F41 futures, Antalya

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt Anil Yuksel (TUR,700) w/o

[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) l (WC) Alex Molcan (SVK.1044) 46 0-3 retd.

RamK receives walkover from local player ... In the semis he retire after losing first set to current junior top-20 and 17 yrs old Molcan ... So decision of playing $10K futures doesn't help RamK.

Squash News

At $150K Women's US Open 2015, Philadelphia, USA

[QF] (16) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) l (6) Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY,6) 11-9, 6-11, 8-11, 11-2, 3-11 (55m)

Dipika lose close match against Omneya in five games ... Dipika won first game but lose next two games ... She made strong comeback in fourth but failed to continue same momentum in fifth ... Still overall good performance by Dipika in this tournament.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) bt Nikola Mectic (CRO,330) 63 16 61

[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) bt Jan Satral (CZE,251) 63 64

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) vs (1) Denis Istomin (UZB,67)

Yuki scores back to back wins for entering into the semis of Tashkent challenger ... With these wins Yuki in chance of breaking into top-100 for the first time ... If he wins semis then he will be cementing his top 100 position ... Interestingly only Vijay Amritraj, Ramesh Krishnan, Somdev Devvarman, Leander Paes, Anand Amritraj, Sashi Menon and Jasjit Singh have top-100 Indian players in Open era ... So this is really big achievement.

First in the second round he faced Croatian Mectic ... After winning the first set Yuki lost his concentration and lose the second set cheaply ... In the final set Yuki recovered and won it comfortably ... In the quarters he faced Czech player Satral ... In the first set Yuki broke Satral in 6th game to lead 4-2 and he kept that advantage for winning this set ... In the second set Satral broke Yuki in 2nd game to lead 0-2 but Yuki immediately broke back in next game to make it 2-all ... Yuki again broke Satral in 5th game to lead 3-2 and this time also Yuki kept this break advantage for winning the match ... In the semis he is facing top-seed Uzbek Danis Istomin.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,229) 64 46 61
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,266) l (2) James Duckworth (AUS,99) 16 26

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA,206)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (Q) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)

In the first set only break came in 10th game when Saki broke Uchiyama for winning this set ... But Saki failed to repeat it in the second and lose this set with similar scoreline ... Saki recovered in the third and broke Uchiyama in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Saki again broke Uchiyama in 6th game for winning this set comfortably ... In the quarters he is facing Frenchman Tristan Lamasine ... Other hand Sanam fails to raise his game and lose one-sided match against Duckworth.

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At $10K Turkey F41 futures, Antalya

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (LL) Robert Galloway (USA,1544) 63 61
[R2] (Q) Haadin Bava (IND,2189) l Alex Molcan (SVK,1044) 61 36 26

Expected easy win for RamK ... Bava lose his match after winning the first set.

Tennis News

At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) l (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)36 16
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 63 76(4)

Rohan-Lukasz start with straight sets win but surprisingly poor loss for Lee-John against 7th seed.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE)/ Minhtuan Pham (VIE) 60 62

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (Q) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)

Expected winning start for Sanam-Saki against local wild-card pair ... Next they r facing Italian qualifiers.

Squash News

At $150K Women's US Open 2015, Philadelphia, USA

[R2] (16) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) bt (4) Alison Waters (ENG,5) 9-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-1, 11-6
[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,20) l (6) Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY,6) 10-12 6-11 5-11

[QF] (16) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) vs (6) Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY,6)

Dipika score big upset win over top-5 ranked Britisher Alison Waters in five games ... After losing the first game Dipika fought back to win the second ... Alison dominated the third and at that time Dipika was 1-2 games down ... Dipika raised her game from fourth game and won next game losing only a single point ... And then kept same momentum for winning the fifth game and entering into this prestigious tournament's quarter-final.

Joshana lose in three straight games against her Egyptian opponent Omneya Abdel Kawy ... In the first game Joshana fought hard and took that to extra points but after losing that Joshana failed to compete with Omneya ... In the quarters Omneya having another Indian challenge of Dipika.

Tennis News

At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 63 64

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) vs (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Good straight sets win for Lee-John against experienced players ... Next is last week's repeat match against Nestor and Roger-Vasselin, hoping for different result ... Rohan-Lukasz r facing Inglot-Lindstedt.

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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Adil Shamasdin (CAN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Radu Albot (MDA)/ Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 26 46

Disappointing loss for Divij with his partner Adil.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[R1] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) vsl Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN,350) 26 26
[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt Gerard Granollers (ESP,272) 64 76(3)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,500) l (3) Adrian Menendez Maceiras (ESP,135) 06 76(2) 16
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,266) bt Germain Gigounon (BEL,218) 16 63 64

[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,229)
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,266) vs (2) James Duckworth (AUS,99)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Nils Langer (GER) 36 46

Excellent upset win by Sanam after losing the first set ... He fought back to win the second set and took crucial break in 9th game of the third set for completing victory ... Next he is facing top-100 Aussie James Duckworth.

Saki scores expected straight sets win over his Spanish opponent though second set went into tie-break ... Next he is facing top-230 Japanese opponent for the place in the quarter.

Sumit lose his match top-140 Spanish opponent Adrian Menendez Maceiras ... He showed fighting performance in winning the second set tie-break but otherwise all Spanish player's show ... Jeevan fails to lift his game against his Japanese opponent ... In the doubles also Jeevan-Buji pairing lose their match in straight sets.

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At $10K Turkey F41 futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt Sander Gille (BEL,966) 64 46 62
[R1] (Q) Haadin Bava (IND,2189) bt Barkin Yalcinkale (TUR,874) 62 60
Lowly ranked Belgian stretches Ramk to three sets ... Other hand good upset win by Bava against local player.

Squash News

At $150K Women's US Open 2015, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] (16) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) bt (Q) Joelle King (NZL,28) 8-11, 13-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 (63m)
[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,20) bt (9) Annie Au (HKG,10) 11-6, 11-7, 12-10 (28m)

[R2] (16) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) vs (4) Alison Waters (ENG,5)
[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,20) vs (6) Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY,6)

Hard fought win for Dipika against former WR #4 Joelle King ... At one time Dipika was 1-2 games down but she fought back to win last two games ... In the second round she is facing tough challenge of top-5 player Britisher Alison Waters.

Joshana scores straight games win over top-10 player Annie Anu inside 30 minutes ... In the second round she is facing WR #6 Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy.

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At $150K Men's US Open 2015, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) l (3) Gregory Gaultier (FRA,3) 5-11, 6-11, 10-12

Saurav lose in straight games against Gaultier ... In the third game Saurav had comfortable lead which he failed to utilize.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri(IND,106) bt Jurgen Zopp (EST,156) 64 62

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri(IND,106) vs Nikola Mectic (CRO,330)

Doubles

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) l Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR) 76(3) 46 6-10

Very confident winning start for Yuki against experienced Zopp ... In the first set Yuki broke Zopp in 7th game to lead 4-3 and kept that lead for winning the set ... In the second set Yuki dominated and broke Zopp twice for comfortable win ... In the second round he is facing Croatian Nikola Mectic.

In the doubles Yuki-Venus lose their match after winning the first set.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[R1] (Q) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) l Matija Pecotic (CRO,268) 46 57
[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,178) l Luke Saville (AUS,199) 67(4) 63 26

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 36 75 6-10

Vijay Sundar shows his lack of experience in playing at challenger level in his loss ... In both sets he was break up before losing his advantage ... This loss will teach him to move ahead.

Buji lost the first set in tie-break ... In the second Buji broke Saville in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and kept that advantage for winning this set ... In the final set Buji lost his serve in 2nd game to find himself down 0-3 ... Buji failed to comeback and lost his serve in 8th game for disappointing loss.

Sumit-Ly give fighting performance in their doubles loss against experienced Japanese pair.

Boxing News

At 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, Doha, Qatar

Bantamweight (56 kg)
[SF] Shiva Thapa (IND) l Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB) 0-3 (28-29, 28-29, 28-29)

Uzbek Boxer Akhmadaliev proves better than Shiva in this bout ... Shiva tried hard in this close bout but failed to overcome challenge of Akhmadaliev in three entertaining rounds ... Shiva becomes only third Indian boxer to win World championship medal.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q3] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) l (4) Kevin Krawietz (GER,435) 36 57

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR)
[R1] (4) Adil Shamasdin (CAN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Ricardas Berankis (LTU)

Fighting performance in his loss by Divij against Krawietz.

In the doubles Yuki is back with Michael Venus and they r facing Israeli pair ... Divij is playing with Canadian Adil Shamasdin and they r fourth seeds ... Divij and Yuki can face each other if both wins their first round doubles matches.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[Q3] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) bt Dane Propoggia (AUS,440) 61 63
[Q3] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) bt (1) Stephane Robert (FRA,304) 63 64

[R1] (Q) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) vs Matija Pecotic (CRO,268)
[R1] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) vs Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN,350)

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (WC) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 67(7) 36

[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (WC) Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE)/ Minhtuan Pham (VIE)
[R1] (WC) Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Nils Langer (GER)

Jeevan score upset win over top-300 type Frenchman Stephane Robert for entering into main-draw ... Vijay Sundar also score comfortable win against his Aussie opponent Dane Propoggia losing only four games ... Both having decent first round matches.

In the doubles Saki and Sanam r back together after long gap ... Junior Wimbledon doubles champions Nagal and Ly r received wild-card and they r facing experienced Japanese pair ... Vijay Sundar lose his doubles qualifying match partnering Liang-Chi Huang.

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At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

Singles Final
(1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) l Tim Van Rijthoven (NED,1194) 36 64 46

Shocking loss of Ramk against 1200 ranked Dutch player in three sets ... This loss is backward step for RamK as he skipped challengers for playing at Turkey futures.

Boxing News

At 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, Doha, Qatar

Bantamweight (56 kg)
[QF] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Hakan Erseker (QAT) 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

[SF] Shiva Thapa (IND) vs Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB)

Middleweight (75 kg)
[QF] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) lHosam Abdin (EGY) 0-3 (28-29, 27-30, 27-30)

Shiva Thapa secure Rio Olympics quota place in the style after outperforming local favorite #4 seed Hakan Erseker in one-sided match ... As three boxers are going to secure quota places from Bantamweight ... And from four semi-finalists Irishman Michael Conlan is already secured quota place as #2 in World Series of Boxing (WSB) World Rankings after June 2015 ... In the semis he is facing Uzbek boxer Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

Other hand Vikas Krishan lose in the quarters against Hosam Abdin ... Abdin was a better boxer in the bout.

Tennis News

At $4.7M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)

Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (6) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 67(9) 61 10-8

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza continued their incredible winning streak at the China Open, winning their 4th WTA doubles title in a row - and 8th of the year - with a nail-biting win over the Chan sisters ... Sania-Martina lost the first set after long tie-break after leading 5-2 ... In the first set they had 9 break point chances but converted only one ... From the second set Sania-Martina raised their game and won last 14 points in a row for winning this set comfortably ... They kept momentum for winning the match tie-break for completing the win.

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At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) vs Tommy Robredo (ESP)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) bye

Next week at Shanghai Masters, Lee is again playing John Peers and Rohan is playing with Kubot.

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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q1] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) bye
[Q2] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) bt Sardor Pulatin (UZB,UNR) 63 36 62

[Q3] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) vs (4) Kevin Krawietz (GER,435)

[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri(IND,106) vs Jurgen Zopp (EST,156)

Divij is in the final qualifying but facing top-450 German opponent.

Yuki is facing Estonian in the first round to try break into top-100 for first-time.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[Q1] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) bye
[Q1] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415)bye

[Q2] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) bt Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE,1117) 63 60
[Q2] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) bt Hiroki Horikiri (JPN,1744) 60 63

[Q3] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) vs (1) Stephane Robert (FRA,304)
[Q3] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) vs Dane Propoggia (AUS,440)

[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Gerard Granollers (ESP,272)
[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,178) vs Luke Saville (AUS,199)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,500) vs (3) Adrian Menendez Maceiras (ESP,135)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,266) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,218)

Vijay Sundar and Jeevan r playing in the qualifying ... Both r in the final qualifying round.

In main-draw Saki and Buji r seeded but Sumit having tough match against top-140 Spanish opponent.

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At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (6) Cem Ilkel (TUR,450) 63 60

[F] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs Tim Van Rijthoven (NED,1194)

Comfortable win for RamK in the final he is facing lowly ranked Dutch opponent.

Boxing News

At 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, Doha, Qatar

Light flyweight (49 kg)
[R1] Devendro Singh (IND) l Harvey Horn (GBR) 1-2

Flyweight (52 kg)
[R1] Madan Lal (IND) l Vincenzo Picardi (ITA) KO

Bantamweight (56 kg)
[R1] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Khalil Litim (ALG) 2-1
[R2] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Mohamed Hamout (MAR) KO

[QF] Shiva Thapa (IND) vs Hakan Erseker (QAT)

Light welterweight (64 kg)
[R1] Manoj Kumar (IND) l Abdelhak Aatakni (MAR) 1-2

Middleweight (75 kg)
[R1] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Zoltán Harcsa (HUN) 3-0
[R2] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Tomasz Jablonski (POL) 2-1

[QF] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) vs Hosam Abdin (EGY)

Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
[R1] Satish Kumar (IND) l Ali Demirezen (TUR) 0-3

Shiva Thapa and Vikas Krishan enter into the quarter finals of World Boxing Championship keeping their hope alive for securing qualification for Olympics ... Our all other four boxers lost their bout in their first match itself.

Tennis News

At $4.7M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Chen Liang (CHN)/ Yafan Wang (CHN) 62 63

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs(6) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Domianting win against Chinese pair for Sania-Martina for entering into the final ... In the final they r facing 6th seed Taipei pair.

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At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (5) Alexandre Folie (BEL,425) 76(3) 63

[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs (6) Cem Ilkel (TUR,450)

Straight sets win for Ramk ... Next he is facing local player for place in the final.

Football News

At the 2018 World Cup Pre Qualifiers, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Group D
Turkmenistan l India 1-2
Goal Scored - Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 28' and Guvanch Abylov (TKM) 8', Arslanmyrat Amanov (TKM) 60'

And this is our fourth loss in a row in WC qualifier ... In this match we gave decent performance but that was not enough for the win.

Tennis News

At $4.7M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Julia Goerges (GER)/ Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 76(5) 64

Sania-Martina score tight straight sets win over Goerges-Pliskova ... In the first set our pair was 1-5 down before they made comeback to win in tie-break.

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At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (Q) Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1480) 61 16 64

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs (5) Alexandre Folie (BEL,425)

Surprisingly tougher match for RamK against Austrian qualifier ... Next he is facing top-425 Belgian player

Tennis News

At $4.7M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Sara Errani (ITA)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 16 64 10-6

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Julia Goerges (GER)/ Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Good to see fighting win by Sania-Martina against tricky Italian pair ... After losing the first set they made excellent comeback to win against experienced Italian pair ... In the quarters they r facing German-Czech pair, Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova.

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At $3.9M China Open, Beijing

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ John Isner (USA) l Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 46 36

This one time partnership is not working for Indian players ... Rohan also lose in the first round with Isner.

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At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (Q) Robbie Mudge (USA,UNR) 63 62

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs (Q) Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1480)

Expected straight sets win for Ramk ... Next he is facing another qualifier.

Tennis News

At $3.9M China Open, Beijing

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) l (4) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)67(1) 64 9-11

Very close loss for Lee and John Peers against 4th seed ... After losing the first set in tie-break Lee-John fought back to win the second ... In match tie-break our pair unlucky to lose on extra points.

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At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs (Q) Robbie Mudge (USA,UNR)
[R1] (Q) Haadin Bava (IND,2178) l Sander Gille (BEL,963) 57 36

Haadin Bava qualified for main-draw with good three wins but lose in the first round against his Belgian opponent Gille ... RamK is top-seed and facing American qualifier in the first round.

Squash News

At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2015, New York, USA

[SF] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) l (WC) Joelle King (NZL,28) 4-11, 11-9, 4-11, 8-11

Former WR #4 Joelle King beats Joshana in four games, still creditable performance by Joshana as she reached in the semis as an qualifier ... Joelle won the first game comfortably but Joshana fought back to win the second ... Joshana failed to keep momentum in the third and Joelle took full advantage of it ... In the fourth Joshana tried but Joelle kept control on the game for winning it in four games.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

Singles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND,199) l Farrukh Dustov (UZB,153) 46 46

Saki lose in the final against experienced Uzbek Farrukh Dustov in straight sets ... Saki must be tired and exhausted as this was his fourth match inside 24 hours ... Farrukh broke Saki in 3rd game to lead 1-2 but in next game Saki missed 5 break point opportunities ... Saki again missed 2 more break points in 8th game and then Farrukh kept that advantage for winning the first set ... Farrukh broke Saki in 1st game of the second set but this time Saki immediately broke back for 1-all ... Farrukh took important break in 9th game before holding for winning the title ... Still overall very encouraging performance by Saki as this was his first final outside of India ... Hoping for good Indian challengers leg for Saki.

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At $4.7M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bye

This week our pair can expect more challenge as all top pairs r playing in this mandatory Premier tournament.

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At $3.9M China Open, Beijing

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ John Isner (USA) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) vs (4) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Rohan is playing Isner due to unavailability of Florin ... Interesting to watch this big serving pair's progress ... Lee is partnering Aussie John Peers and facing 4th seed Nestor and Roger-Vasselin.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2015, New York, USA

[QF] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) bt (Q) Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,20) 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9

[SF] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) vs (WC) Joelle King (NZL,28)

Joshana's terrific run continues as in the quarter she defeated talented young Egyptian Salma Hany Ibrahim in close match ... In the first game Joshana was 2-6 then 4-7 down before she made excellent recovery to win it ... In next two games Salma played excellent short game to win those ... At that time Joshana was 1-2 games down ... Joshana kept fighting and reduced her unforced errors to win the fourth ... In the final game both players matched each other but again Joshana played important points better for a win ... In the semis she is facing former WR #4 Joelle King.

Tennis News

At $2.5M Wuhan Women's Open, China (WTA Premier 5)

Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) 62 63

Sania-Martina win their seventh title of the year with another comfortable win, this time against Romanian pair ... Our girls must be hoping for more challenging next China open.

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At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) bt (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,114) 76(5) 64

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) bt Denys Molchanov (UKR,307) 63 36 76(1)

[F] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB,153)

Doubles
[SF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Alexander Igoshin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 46 63 9-11

Saki scores one of the best win of his career beating Russian Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets ... After resuming Saki won the first set tie-break with a single mini-break ... In the second set also Saki took important break to finish this match in two sets ... If he wins all matches then he is going to play three matches in a day ... So very long day for Saki.

Next in the semis Saki beats Ukrainian Denys Molchanov in three sets, in their last meeting Saki lost against him at last year's Fergana challenger ... This was huge win as in October Saki is defending chunk of his ranking points, 123 pts ... From the beginning Saki was keeping pressure on Denys's serve and broke him in 6th game to lead 4-2 ... Saki kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set Saki broke Denys in 1st game to lead 2-0 but after that it was complete Denys show as he broke Saki in 4th and 6th games to lead 2-5 ... This time Denys kept advantage for winning this set ... In the final set Saki broke Denys in 6th game to lead 5-2 but while serving for the match at 5-3 Saki failed to win a single point on his serve, 5-4 ... After that both players hold their respective service games to take this set in tie-break ... In tie-break from 2-1 Saki won next five points for completing important win ... In the final he is facing Uzbek Farrukh Dustov for the title.

Saki and Divij were early break down at 2-3 and failed to overcome that deficit to lose the first set ... In the second set Saki-Divij took crucial break in 8th game and then Saki hold his serve for winning it ... In match tie-break both pair exchanged couple of mini-breaks till 6-all ... Our pair saved a match point on Saki's serve at 8-9 but lost next point to give 2nd match point to Igoshin-Shyla and this time they converted it.